Empire Online confirms that Jack Davenport, who played Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will be returning for the anticipated sequel, Dead Man’s Chest. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will set sail on July 7, 2006.

The Film Bureau [free registration required] has exclusive storyboard art from Shrek 3, coming to theaters on May 18, 2007. Click “More” to view the pics.

Beginning May 17th, those who buy the Shrek 2 DVD will find a “Madagascar Activity Disc” and a ticket to see the new animated feature included. Meanwhile, good buzz continues to spread regarding Madagascar. At a Banc of America Securities conference in New York on Wednesday, executives of rival Pixar Animation “rolled with genuine laughter” […]

Speaking to analysts and investors at a media conference in New York this past Wednesday, DreamWorks Animation’s Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg remarked that he does not see the animated film industry becoming too crowded, due to the variety of animated features being produced. According to Katzenberg, the “single greatest fiction” concerning animated movies is that […]

Cover art for Tarzan II, the “inbetween-quel” to its hit 1999 predecessor, is now up at Ultimate Disney. Tarzan II will swing to stores on June 14, 2005.

Announced by Gamerz Edge, Kevin Munroe will write and direct a new computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. The movie is being produced by Tom Gray – who produced the live-action Turtles trilogy – and Galen Walker of Imagi Services, while Peter Laird, co-creator of the original 1990 Turtles feature, is executive producing. Already […]

TV Guide introduces readers to the newest Batgirl, featured in the Kids’ WB’s animated The Batman. Along with a shot of the ‘Dark Knight Damsel’, the article reveals her launch into the show. As Police Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, Barbara is a teenage Olympic gymnastics hopeful who takes on crime fighting with a cape and cowl […]

DVD Answers has updated its pages for the DVD release of The Mask and Son of the Mask, now including menus. Both DVDs will hit stores on May 17, 2005.

Toon Zone has two reviews for the first two episodes of The Batman’s second season. The Batman, which suffered from less-than-favorable reviews in its debut, gets along somewhat better this time around, with critics saying that the newest season “offers small improvements” and is “off to a promising start”. The Batman comes on Saturday mornings […]

The teaser poster for Curious George can be seen at Black Film, while the film itself will not hit theaters until February 10, 2006.

The teaser trailer for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown has reappeared online, with its location this time being at MovieWallpapers.net.

The Sydney Morning Herald [free registration required], via Coming Soon, has a look at the set of Charlotte’s Web in Australia. One tidbit from the article is that unlike the 1973 Charlotte’s Web animated movie, the new film will be closer to the book. In other words, audiences should expect farm and animal life to […]

JoBlo has the scoop that Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Finding Nemo) will play a chef in Pixar’s next film after Cars, Ratatouille, which tells the story of rodents living in a French restaurant.

In a new ad released at Ropes of Silicon, the cast for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s Curious George has been revealed. Joining Will Ferrell are Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Plowright and Ed O’Ross in the traditionally animated flick, produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. Directed by Jun […]

After Rambo: First Blood Part II was released, Ruby-Spears Productions launched a Rambo animated series in April 1986, beginning with a 5-part mini-series. Starring the voice of Neil Ross (Transformers, G.I. Joe) as Rambo, the show continued to run in daily syndication with 60 more episodes starting in mid-September of that year. Now TV Shows […]

AWN reports that HIT Entertainment Plc. has agreed to a £489.4 million ($934 million) cash takeover offer from U.K. venture capitalists Apax Partners. HIT made the announcement following disappointing financial results for the six months ending January 31 and the firing of CEO Rob Lawes six months ago by the company’s board. HIT founder/chairman Peter […]

From March 18, 2005 – April 14, 2005, McDonalds’ Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals will feature one of eight retail-size action figures from each of Disney/Pixar’s movies. Characters include Mr. Incredible and Dash from The Incredibles; Nemo and Dory from Finding Nemo; Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan from Monsters, Inc.; and Buzz Lightyear […]

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, Wade Sampson at Jim Hill Media reflects on the all the women who, as the article’s introduction reads, “helped to make the ‘Magical World of Disney’ that much more magical”. Thanks to Cory Mitchell at the Animated News Forum for pointing the article out.

DVD Answers has the details on the DVD release of Father of the Pride: The Complete Series. Extras for the DVD include: the original unaired pilot, three never-before-seen episodes, the complete scripts for additional episodes, and audio commentaries. Father of the Pride: The Complete Series hits stores on June 7, 2005.

Coming Soon has the news on Lions Gate Family Entertainment’s announcement Monday that it will co-produce and distribute the upcoming computer animated film Foodfight!, animated by Larry Kasanoff’s Threshold Animation Studios. With the voices of sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff, Foodfight! focuses on the afterhours world of a supermarket. The film, now in production, is […]

In what appears to be an extended version of last week’s article from the Orlando Sentinel, Magical Mountain has a bit more on Disney’s new Glendale-based unit created for sequels to Pixar’s films. According to the article, a proposed script Toy Story 3 was “so good” that it is getting serious consideration for Toy Story […]

The Big Cartoon Database reports that The Triplets of Belleville was named Canada’s best film Monday night at the 25th annual Genie Awards, which is the equivalent of the Academy Awards. Producer Paul Cadieux accepted the top award at the ceremony, held in Toronto. Also nominated for best motion picture were Being Julia; Love, Sex […]

Box Office Guru records that Robots dropped 40% to the #2 position in its second weekend, with an estimated gross of $21.8 million. After ten days, the CGI toon has pulled in $66.9 million, looking to end its domestic run in theaters with around $125 million. In comparison to its Twentieth Century Fox/Blue Sky predecessor […]

TLA Video, via Ultimate Disney, has the specs for the Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD. Bonus features for the DVD include: deleted scenes, reconstructed deleted songs, live action-to-film comparison of the opening sequence, a featurette on Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men, a sneak peek at the upcoming Cinderella III, the documentary “The Cinderella That Almost Was”, […]

The teaser trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will debut in April, indicates The Book Standard. It is very possible that the trailer may premiere in theaters with another Disney title, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, opening April 29, 2005. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the […]

IGN FilmForce has a detailed inside-look at the events which took place at the “Hollywood mixer” party thrown for DreamWorks’ computer animated comedy Madagascar.

According to Reuters, the Walt Disney Company announced Thursday that Robert Iger and Michael Eisner will share the company’s chief executives duties until Eisner retires at the end of September. Additionally, the company made it known that Chairman George Mitchell will not stand for reelection to the board at the 2006 annual meeting, such as […]

Toon Zone reports that the latest issue of LEGO Magazine advertises LEGO Star Wars: The Movie’s premiere on Cartoon Network on May 8th at 7pm.

The Orlando Sentinel has a very up-to-date article regarding Disney’s new animation division in Glendale, California, created especially for the production of sequels to Pixar’s films. Included in the article is a brief plot for Toy Story 3, directed by Bradley Raymond (The Lion King 1½) and produced by Roy Conli (Treasure Planet, The Hunchback […]

The Internet Movie Database speculates on whether Disney’s next CEO Robert Iger will be able to strike a new deal with Pixar Chairman Steve Jobs to save the relationship between Disney and Pixar. The article points to The New York Times [free registration required], to which Iger commented, “Over the years I’ve had great relationships […]